E-Globalisation will replace the current file based method that allows authorised traders to submit a periodic return for imports made under Entry in Declarants Records (either on import or on removal from Customs Warehousing), as it is a legal change in the Belgium customs process it will have an effect on everyone currently using globalisation.

With the new E-globalisation Belgium customs declarations will have to be submitted digitally during the globalisation period with initial, subsequent and final declarations being involved.

eGlobalisation has a significant impact on the data that has to be declared digitally, which is greater than the current reduced data that is required, and will be validated in real time by Customs. Traders have to migrate to eGlobalisation by February 1st, 2022 whether this is using existing software or in house systems and we are ready to work with traders to support their migration either using our Customs Warehousing functionality or by integration with traders own Customs Warehousing systems.

We have put together a webinar on the topic "E-globalisation, improving Belgium’s customs process” with all the information you need to get a full understanding of how these changes will affect the current process and what steps you need to take to make sure that you are fully ready when the changes kick-in on February 2022.

The new H7 dataset is now in effect across the EU for low value e-Commerce goods as of 1^st July 2021.

In Belgium this has been implemented by the H7 declaration on the new IDMS platform. Traders have been submitting H7 declarations via Descartes since the very beginning and can offer either a fully integrated, partially integrated or manual process for those wishing to take advantage of the H7 reduced data set including those looking for parcel management functionality.

Whilst H7 is related to the Internet One Stop Shop (IOSS) process for non EU sellers or their representatives accounting for VAT rather than being collected on imported and the IOSS references can be declared in the H7 declaration, use of IOSS is not mandatory in H7.

See the Webinar for more information on H7.